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S08527 Summary:

BILL NOS08527B

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SAME ASSAME AS A09570-C

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§460 & 467-a, RPT L

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Permits local governments to extend the existing clergy residential property tax exemption to include clergy residing in co-ops; clarifies that the clergy property tax exemption shall not affect eligibility for certain other tax abatements.

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BILL NOS08527B

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10/15/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

04/14/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

04/14/2026PRINT NUMBER 8527A

04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.763

04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/04/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8527B

05/14/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A9570C

&nbspA09570 AMEND=C Lee

&nbsp01/15/2026referred to real property taxation

&nbsp03/25/2026amend and recommit to real property taxation

&nbsp03/25/2026print number 9570a

&nbsp04/09/2026amend and recommit to real property taxation

&nbsp04/09/2026print number 9570b

&nbsp04/21/2026reported referred to ways and means

&nbsp04/28/2026reported 

&nbsp04/30/2026advanced to third reading cal.419

&nbsp05/04/2026amended on third reading 9570c

&nbsp05/13/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/13/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/13/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

&nbsp05/14/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S8527B

&nbsp05/14/20263RD READING CAL.763

&nbsp05/14/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/14/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8527--B
 Cal. No. 763

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 October 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
 sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from
 said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
 reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
 order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the real property tax law, in relation to the clergy
 property tax exemption

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 460 of the real property
 2 tax law, subdivision 1 as amended and subdivision 2 as added by chapter
 3 261 of the laws of 1992 and subdivision 2 as further amended by subdivi-
 4 sion (b) of section 1 of part W of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are
 5 amended and a new subdivision 4 is added to read as follows:
 6 (1) Real property owned by a minister of the gospel, priest or rabbi
 7 of any denomination, an actual resident and inhabitant of this state,
 8 who is engaged in the work assigned by the church or denomination of
 9 which [he or she] such person is a member, or who is unable to perform
 10 such work due to impaired health or is over seventy years of age, and
 11 real property owned by [his or her] such person's unremarried surviving
 12 spouse while an actual resident and inhabitant of this state, shall be
 13 exempt from taxation to the extent of fifteen hundred dollars.
 14 (2) An exemption may be granted pursuant to this section only upon
 15 application by the owner or owners of the property on a form prescribed
 16 or approved by the commissioner. The application shall be filed with the
 17 assessor of the appropriate county, city, town or village on or before
 18 the taxable status date of such county, city, town or village.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13446-06-6

 S. 8527--B 2

 1 (4) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
 2 governing board of a county, city, town or village may, after a public
 3 hearing, adopt or amend a local law, ordinance or resolution to provide
 4 the exemption authorized by this section to property owned or held in
 5 the cooperative form of ownership; provided further, such local